Distinguished Participants,Ladies and Gentlemen,My dear friends of science, technology and innovation,
I am pleased to welcome you to the webinar on Science, Technology and Innovation – or STI – for the Sustainable Development Goals and recovery from COVID-19. This is part of a series of online consultations on STI for SDGs and COVID-19. It aims at providing key inputs to the review of the SDGs at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).
In this virtual conference room, I recognize some familiar names of participants from governments, the private sector and major groups. You have all worked tirelessly on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
I am sure we are also reaching out to many new STI friends - practitioners, technologists, innovators, business professionals and civil society representatives. A warm welcome to you all.Dear colleagues,
We all understand the importance of science, technology and innovation in our day-to-day lives and the ways in which they are transforming the world.
If this was not clear earlier, it is blindingly obvious now in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Science, technology and innovation are indispensable for our response to, and recovery from, this crisis.
Equally important is our collaboration in this great effort.
Our experience with STI for the SDGs has convinced us that it is only through multi-stakeholder and multi-lateral cooperation that we can truly accelerate progress and reduce inequalities. Yet, while critically important, STI alone won’t help us achieve the SDGs and recovery from COVID-19.Equally important are deployment of scientific inventions, innovations and technological solutions on a scale that will reach their target audience.
And this is not just another scientific task. It is where policymakers, entrepreneurs, business people, financiers, diplomats and civil society come together in partnership.Distinguished participants,
The President of ECOSOC invited all interested policy makers, scientists, engineers, innovators, entrepreneurs and organized science communities, to engage in online consultations in preparation for the STI components of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, next month.
In this context, this webinar will discuss:• improving the impact of STI on the SDGs;• universal access and use of vaccines;• technology solutions and innovations for COVID-19 recovery and the SDGs, and• other exciting STI initiatives.
This is an important agenda, but also a vast one, and the time available to us is limited. But we have also heard from you through your responses to our on-line survey. Your inputs are much appreciated.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I believe that by participating in this webinar, we are in the right place and the right time. Together let us accelerate the exchange of ideas and scaling-up of good practices.
I am especially pleased that the discussions and activities here will inform the High-Level Political Forum in July. I encourage all of you to attend the STI session in the HLPF, which will take place on 10 July, and related STI side events.
I am confident that you will find new ideas, fresh energy and novel partnerships to sustain your efforts in support of the SDGs and recovery from COVID-19, through science, technology and innovation.
I wish you all a very successful webinar.
Thank you.
I am pleased to welcome you to the webinar on Science, Technology and Innovation – or STI – for the Sustainable Development Goals and recovery from COVID-19. This is part of a series of online consultations on STI for SDGs and COVID-19. It aims at providing key inputs to the review of the SDGs at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).
In this virtual conference room, I recognize some familiar names of participants from governments, the private sector and major groups. You have all worked tirelessly on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
I am sure we are also reaching out to many new STI friends - practitioners, technologists, innovators, business professionals and civil society representatives. A warm welcome to you all.Dear colleagues,
We all understand the importance of science, technology and innovation in our day-to-day lives and the ways in which they are transforming the world.
If this was not clear earlier, it is blindingly obvious now in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Science, technology and innovation are indispensable for our response to, and recovery from, this crisis.
Equally important is our collaboration in this great effort.
Our experience with STI for the SDGs has convinced us that it is only through multi-stakeholder and multi-lateral cooperation that we can truly accelerate progress and reduce inequalities. Yet, while critically important, STI alone won’t help us achieve the SDGs and recovery from COVID-19.Equally important are deployment of scientific inventions, innovations and technological solutions on a scale that will reach their target audience.
And this is not just another scientific task. It is where policymakers, entrepreneurs, business people, financiers, diplomats and civil society come together in partnership.Distinguished participants,
The President of ECOSOC invited all interested policy makers, scientists, engineers, innovators, entrepreneurs and organized science communities, to engage in online consultations in preparation for the STI components of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, next month.
In this context, this webinar will discuss:• improving the impact of STI on the SDGs;• universal access and use of vaccines;• technology solutions and innovations for COVID-19 recovery and the SDGs, and• other exciting STI initiatives.
This is an important agenda, but also a vast one, and the time available to us is limited. But we have also heard from you through your responses to our on-line survey. Your inputs are much appreciated.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I believe that by participating in this webinar, we are in the right place and the right time. Together let us accelerate the exchange of ideas and scaling-up of good practices.
I am especially pleased that the discussions and activities here will inform the High-Level Political Forum in July. I encourage all of you to attend the STI session in the HLPF, which will take place on 10 July, and related STI side events.
I am confident that you will find new ideas, fresh energy and novel partnerships to sustain your efforts in support of the SDGs and recovery from COVID-19, through science, technology and innovation.
I wish you all a very successful webinar.
Thank you.
File date:
Wednesday, June 10, 2020